Choroidal ganglion cell changes in human glaucomatous eyes

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 389-395

  May, Christian Albrecht ^a,b   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choroid; Electron microscopy; Glaucoma posterior segment; Morphometry; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; EYE DROPS; PILOCARPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASODILATATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CHOROID; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GANGLIA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4644343544     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000133152.82804.38     Document Type: Article

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